It seems that under some unknown circumstances you will hose your iLife 8 installation so that Garageband, iPhoto, etc and other applications which depend on iLife like Mail.app, iChat.app, Google Notifier, Pages, etc will not lauch.

Mine probably stopped working after I installed Garageband from my Macbook's bundled software DVD, which I had not initially installed.
Symptoms: The app will bounce few times in the dock, close and you will get the following crash report (Example Crash Report for iPhoto, it's the same for all other apps):

Process:         iPhoto [413]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-3640000~10
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [177]

Date/Time:       2008-05-04 16:14:58.097 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Report Version:  6

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread:  0

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/ImageKit
  Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iLifeMediaBrowser.framework/Versions/A/iLifeMediaBrowser
  Reason: image not found

Checkig the directory will possibly confirm, that the A directory in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/ is not there:

$ ls -l /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1 Apr 30 22:11 Current -> A

Howto fix this:

1. Cry like a baby.
2. Don't panic!
3. You need the "A" folder from a different Leopard installation with same level of updates as your machine or the proper ImageKit_tiger.pkg from somewhere. At the time of writing, the required folder has the following md5 on 10.5.2 with all security updates:

$ md5 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphicsAppSupport.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/ImageKit
1786a69b42c828414dbd4b191dce1d47

The version according to Resources/version.plist seems to be 1.0.1 and I have NO idea where to get it from if not from a second machine. The iLife 8.2 update on Apple's website has ImageKit with version 1.0! The 10.5.2 Combo Update does not have the required ImageKit at all. My guess would be that it came recently with one of the Standalone Updates, if you have no access to a second machine, try your luck with one of these. You will need Pacifist for browsing the packages. Should you succeed, please leave a comment here.

In any case, after copying the A folder back to it's place it is advisable to repair disk permissions with Disk Utility.

Possible other ways to fix this:

• Check your Time Machine backup, if you are doing full backups, it may be there!
• Reinstall everything and hate Apple forever

The most used application on my Mac must be Jumpcut. It's a no frills clipboard extension which saves your last x clipboards, where x is a user defined value (mine's at 40). There are two interfaces to your clipboard history, one in the menu bar through a drop down menu and one pop-up activated through a hot-key.

By setting the hotkey to Command + Option + v, you can cycle through your history by holding Command + Option and pressing v repeatedly until you find what you are looking for. You can also use the arrow keys and numbers at this point.

Best of all: it's open source and free.

If you are an happy macbook or macbook pro user, read on - this may save your hard drive!

Remember your old iBook or Powerbook? You closed the lid, tossed the laptop into your bag and off you went to somewhere else. Do you still have this habit with your shiny new Apple hardware? WRONG! You can't do that! It will seriously bork up your hard drive, as for example discussed in this thread.

Here's the reason: On newer hardware, Apple enabled that fancy SafeSleep option per default. It will not immediately put your mac to sleep, but will first make a back up of your ram onto the hard drive, to protect your session in case your battery runs flat during sleep. It's a good thing to have, however the write process may take up to several minutes if you have a lot of ram (i have four gigs and it takes quite a while). Apple's manual mentions this:

"NOTICE: Wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing (indicating that the computer is in sleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning) before moving your MacBook Pro. Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to start up from the hard disk."

Good that nobody of us reads manuals. And really, who will stare at their lights to figure out if it's flashing, one is having hallucinations, or if it's lighted up continuously?

All experts agree, moving your Laptop during excessive write progress is not an good idea, and tossing your laptop into your bag during that time will seriously cause you several days of ache.

Luckily there's an easy way to fix this, without having to give up SafeSleep: SmartSleep

"SmartSleep let's you select each select sleep state. Additionaly the new SmartSleep state lets your notebook just sleep while the battery has a high level. If the battery level drops below a certain point ( default is less then 20% or 20 minutes ) it will switch to sleep and hibernate. So you have the best of both worlds."

That means you can close the lid, toss your laptop into the bag, and go home again, just like in the good old times. Should you forget your laptop somewhere over the weekend, your logged-in session is still save.

What most news outlets in Europe seem to completely ignore is the fact that the iPhone SDK will be USA only for now. There's no way for international publishers to obtain signing certificates or get their software onto the iTunes shop.

It's typical for Apple's US-centric world view. I wonder how long it will take them to get the iTunes software shop working for international customers this time and at which rate; Apples dollar exchange rates are still from the golden years of the american economy.

P.S.: First screenshots of the iPhone SDK are up